10 BNP men held in Jessore

Police in separate drives on Saturday night arrested 10 local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from different upazilas in Jessore district on apprehension that they could carry out violence during the countrywide Monday’s hartal. Enamul Haque, officer-in-charge of Jessore Kotwali Police Station, said they were arrested from their houses at night as the crackdown continued across the district. Police arrested three people from different points of Sadar upazila, four from Manirampur, two from Chowgachha and one from Jhikargachha upazila of the district. -UNB, Benapole